The most important issue about water is not supply, but how it is used

Author
Peter Gleick
Year
2023
Published in
Springer Nature

The world faces a series of deep and worsening crises that demand radical changes in how we understand, manage, and use fresh water.

Floods, droughts, pollution, water scarcity, and conflict — humanity’s relationship with water is deteriorating, and it is threatening our health and well-being, as well as that of the environment that sustains us.

The good news is that a transition from the water policies and technologies of past centuries to more effective and equitable ways of using and preserving this vital resource is not only possible but underway. The challenge is to accelerate and broaden the transition.

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